STURGIS, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Transportation released its final traffic counts for this year’s rally and it indicates a slightly down year compared to 2019.
Overall, the D-O-T says 462,182 vehicles entered Sturgis over a 10 day period. That is compared to 499, 654 in 2019 – a 7.5-percent decrease.
Rally traffic was down from the year before on every day this year except for Sunday, which saw a 1.1-percent increase over 2019.
The biggest down day was Wednesday, August 12, when traffic was down 12.4-percent from the previous year.
The D-O-T placed traffic counters at nine locations entering Sturgis to get their count.
Here a rundown on the 10 days:
Friday, August 7: 49,835 entering – down 4.3% from Friday last year
Saturday, August 8: 54,804 entering – down 8.0% from Saturday last year
Sunday, August 9: 56,149 entering – up 1.1% from Sunday last year
Monday, August 10: 56,972 entering – down 6.8% from Monday last year
Tuesday, August 11: 52,710 entering – down 11.2% from Tuesday last year
Wednesday, August 12: 49,228 entering – down 12.4% from Wednesday last year
Thursday, August 13: 46,263 entering – down 10.2% from Thursday last year
Friday, August 14: 42,690 entering – down 5.9% from Friday last year
Saturday, August 15: 32,455 entering – down 11.5% from Saturday last year
Sunday, August 16: 21,058 entering – down 5.0% from Sunday last year
10 Day total:
2020: 462,182 2019: 499,654 down 7.5% over last year
